Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data: Washington State Archives. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives.
About Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013
This database contains both images of and indexes extracted from various records of marriages in Washington.
What You May Find in the Records
Marriage records can offer a wide range of details. While the indexes in this database may provide the basic facts surrounding a wedding—bride, groom, date, and place—images of marriage certificates may also include additional information such as
- addresses
- ages
- race
- birthplaces
- occupations
- marital status (single, divorced)
- whether a first marriage
- fathers’ names and birthplaces
- mothers’ names, maiden names, and birthplaces
This database does not contain an image for every document included in the index.
Updates:
20 May 2019: Added 1,388,625 new records.